Key terms

To make ERADIANT as easy to use as possible, we use certain terms with the same meaning everywhere.

Basic terms

1. Account / user account
   Personal access to ERADIANT for an individual person (email + password).
2. Organization
   Unit under which events, contacts, mailings etc. are managed (e.g. company, university, project team).
3. Module
   Larger functional area of the software (e.g. event module, contacts module, voting module, organization module).
4. Submodule
   Sub-area of a module focusing on a specific topic (e.g. in the event module: events, locations, program tags; in the contacts module: contacts, leads, institutions).
5. Component
   Clearly delimited area within a submodule that usually corresponds to a view or sub-function (e.g. “event settings”, “program timetable”, “networking meetings”).
6. Column
   Column within a table or list view (e.g. “Name”, “Status”, “Created at”).

Content & data

1. Event
   A single event (e.g. conference, trade fair, workshop series) that is managed in ERADIANT with program, website, mailings and networking.
2. Website
   The entire event website of an event, consisting of one or more pages.
3. Page
   Individual page within an event website (e.g. “Home”, “Program”, “Registration”, “Floor plan”).
4. Contact
   Person or organizational unit in the contacts module (e.g. participant, speaker, sponsor, institution).
5. Lead
   Contact assigned to an event or a sales/recruiting pipeline that is being actively developed (e.g. interested person who has not yet given a final commitment).
6. Participants
   Contacts that are assigned to an event as participants (e.g. registered visitors, invited guests).
7. Tag / category
   Label used for categorization (e.g. “Keynote”, “Workshop”, “Networking”, industry or interest tags).
8. Program item
   Entry in the event program (e.g. talk, panel, workshop, break) that contains time, place, content and speakers.
9. Networking location
   Physical place for 1:1 networking (e.g. “Networking table 3”, “Lounge”, “Meeting room A”).
10. Networking time slot
    Time period in which networking meetings can take place (e.g. 10:00–10:20).
11. Meeting / networking meeting
    Concrete 1:1 appointment between participants that is assigned to a networking location and a networking time slot.

User interface

1. Block
   Building block on an event website page (e.g. text block, image carousel, program list, networking block) or in mailings (e.g. text, button, QR code).
2. Filter
   Selection option to narrow down lists/tables by certain criteria (e.g. date, tag, location, tag categories).
3. Search bar
   Input field for free-text search (e.g. in program items, contacts or networking participants).
4. Dialog / modal
   Overlay window for details, actions or settings (e.g. filter dialog, share dialog).